July 15, 2015

McMillan acted as Canadian counsel for and advised Plentyoffish Media Inc. ("POF") and its founder Markus Frind in POF's acquisition by The Match.com Group for US$575 million in cash. The transaction is subject to the Minister of Industry's approval pursuant to the Investment Canada Act.

Venable LLP co-advised Plentyoffish as their US counsel and was represented by Philip von Mehren, Michele Maney, Damien Scott, Charles Kolstad and Andrew Pratt. The Match Group was represented by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in the US and Goodmans LLP in Canada.